Tiny Core Linux – the very small operating system

Tiny Core Linux is a very very small Linux distro which could probably fit on the end of your thumb if your thumb was a computer and it had a disc drive under the fingernail and there was a way to…well you get the picture. When I say small, ladies and gentlemen, I mean 10 MB. Yep mega. Frightening. The whole thing runs from RAM and has gotta be a fun way to waste an afternoon with a memory stick.

Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux Desktop. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, Fltk, and Jwm. The core runs entirely in ram and boots very quickly. It is not a complete desktop nor is all hardware completely supported. It represents only the core needed to boot into a very minimal X desktop typically with wired internet access. The user has complete control over which applications and/or additional hardware to have supported, be it for a desktop, a netbook, an appliance, or server, selectable by the user by installing additional applications from online repositories, or easily compiling most anything you desire using tools provided.